Hanwha may drop offer for Daewoo: analysts
By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Hanwha Group will likely scrap its
S. Korea swings to trade deficit in 2008: customs agency
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea posted its first trade deficit in 11 years
in 2008 amid a global economic slowdown and soaring crude prices, a government
(Yonhap Interview) Latvia sees chance for closer ties with S. Korea in economic crisis
By Lee Chi-dong
Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- The current economic slump in Latvia provides an opportunity
Seoul, Brussels report `significant progress` on free trade negotiations
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SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the European Union (EU) have made
S. Korea to restructure 16 builders, shipbuilders
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean banks have decided to kick an ailing
builder and a shipbuilder out of the market and place 14 construction firms and
Fake bills in S. Korea down 1.5 pct in 2008
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- The number of counterfeit South Korean banknotes
discovered nationwide fell 1.5 percent on-year in 2008 as the circulation of new
S. Korean investment in foreign securities plunges in 2008
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's investment in foreign securities
nose-dived in 2008 due to bearish stock markets worldwide and a volatile local
S. Korea's population to shrink after 2018: report
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's population will begin to shrink after
2018, a government report said Tuesday, raising fears that the nation's growth
Hyundai Motor workers aim to buck trend in global auto industry
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- While the global auto industry has been reeling from
what many economists say is the worst economic slump since World War II, the
S. Korean IT competitiveness reaches 90 pct of U.S.
By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's competitiveness in the information
technology (IT) sector reached 90 percent of that held by the United States in
